program that reads text from a file and encodes the file by.....

I just dont understand this file thing at all. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? I am no good at this.


1.Read the text file one line at a time into a string.
2.Change each character of the string by adding 5 to it.
3.Write each encoded string to a second file, such as plain.code
4.The encodeed file should have the same structure as the original file, if the second line of the original file has 24 characters (including spaces) then there should be 24 characters on the second line of the encoded file.

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Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	ifstream dataFile;
	cout << "Opening File....\n";
	dataFile.open("plain.txt",ios::out);
	cout << "Now writing data to file.\n";

    string s;

    cout << "Enter a string> ";
    if (!getline(cin, s)) {
        cerr << "Input failure" << endl;
        return 1; 
    }
    for (string::size_type i = 0; i < s.length(); 5*i++)
        ++s[i];
    cout << s <<endl;

	system("PAUSE");
    return 0;

	
}

> for (string::size_type i = 0; i < s.length(); 5*i++)
This changes every 5th character (or maybe not, it isn't an assignment, so perhaps the 5* has no effect at all).

> ++s[i];
This adds 1 to that character (you wanted 5?)

Originally Posted by Salem

> for (string::size_type i = 0; i < s.length(); 5*i++)
This changes every 5th character (or maybe not, it isn't an assignment, so perhaps the 5* has no effect at all).

No "perhaps" about it. The 5* has no effect at all.

Code:

    //assumes you have also opened an output file [encpFile]
    while(std::getline(dataFile, s, '\n')) //retrieve full line from input file 
     {
        for(int x = 0; x<s.length(); x++)
         {
         s[x]+=5;
        encpFile<<s[x]; //encrypted character out
         }
    
    encpFile<<"\n"; //line has ended, start new line
     }

I thought that is how you make it add 5 to each value. i guess i just give up. I just dont get it.

From your instructions, you want to add the value '5' to each character within your string. To decrypt, you'd simply do a -=5 in lieu of the +=5. You're encoding each character within the string, at least that's how I'm reading the problem. As example, a file such as;

I like apples.
I like pears.
I don't like carrots.

would encrypt to;

N%qnpj%fuuqjx3
N%qnpj%ujfwx3
N%its,y%qnpj%hfwwtyx3

Code:

int main()
{
	ifstream dataFile;
	ofstream encpFile;
	std::cout << "Opening File....\n";
	dataFile.open("plain.txt",ios::in);

    std::string s;
    encpFile.open("encrypt.txt", ios::out);
    
    while(std::getline(dataFile, s, '\n'))
     {
        for(int x = 0; x<s.length(); x++)
         {
         s[x]+=5;
        encpFile<<s[x];
         }
    
    encpFile<<"\n";
     }
      
    std::cout<< "we're done.";
    std::cin.get();
    
    dataFile.close();
    encpFile.close();
    
    return 0;
     }